Chapter 37 - Volume 5 (1/2)
Be driven by avarice Live solely through avarice<hr>Prologue▯Blood Relative Killer, I Empire Calendar: Year 1506, Month 4, Day 10 Polles, Bruno Plains, Arht beca rain had abated Puddles of water that were left behind by the rain were scattered here and there throughout the ca I see that water dries well even during the night
Ever since that day I played Black and White Flags against Demon Lord Dantalian, I have picked up the habit of carefully listening to the sound of nothing If you inadvertently listen to these nothings, then you will co as soht wavered firmly as it burned ht on the words that I had held inEnee was carried out Although it felt as if an internal strife was about to occur, it was quickly quelled It can be assumed that Demon Lord Barbatos and Demon Lord Paimon are behind this The surveillance is strict
It was a note that was torn into a smaller piece of paper because the writer could only write a few lines This spy had pressed down on a shard of graphite in order to write this, but considering how the letters were jagged, it is clear that this was not written on top of a flat surface I could feel this spy’s desperate loyalty froedly written words
······I see that this is a secrethastily written Beautiful
Several croere obediently lowering their bodies on top of my desk Demonkind treated crows auspiciously, so they did not hunt them down carelessly I had planted spies deeply into the shadows of the things that the enemy treated with caution I removed another note from the ankle of a different crow and spread it out beforeA disturbance occurred amidst the enemy forces As Demon Lords took the lives of other Demon Lords, the enemy forces were split into several parts While they split apart, eneral, Laura De Farnese, performed It is chaotic It is difficult to conjecture more from what can be seen
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The words were neat and straight It was a report that ritten leisurely I carefully peered at the sight of the note being dyed yellow as the candlelight continued to burn
I opened my mouth and spoke to hness”
“Do you knohen I became aware of the destiny of an emperor?”
“How could this one dare speak about the duty of an emperor?”
“It hen I was little”
The head irl ould quietly keepto myself To this child, that was her duty as , every corner of the imperial palace would be radiant due to the abundant nuhts As I thawedas I stared at a candle that was lighting up a corner Why, if you go to look at the candles that should have melted the day before, you will see that, on the day after, all of the candles would have recovered co self was in awe ······So they resurrect Ah, every night, the candles resurrect in order to brighten the next approaching night”
As I unfolded the news that the crows had brought from several distances away one note at a tiarded as evidence of God’s descent Because I was in both awe and astonishment, be it my tutor or my elder brother, I had told everyone about it I that God did not exist, but that was s of the people who have only lived during the day God is a very shy individual, so he only wanders around the palace at night”
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“No one believed , they jeered at me”
Thus I decided to confirht”
I snuck out of my bedroom and hid in a hallherebecause of the thought that I was about to bear witness to the sight of God roaone to sleep, so while the palace was silent, the sounds of the guards’ footsteps, the sound of an old soldier coughing up phlegs re······”
It hen I was little
The sounds of the guards’ footsteps were simply a cla up phlegm was a noise that ominously shook the air, the whir of the as the sound of ti wasted tediously I had yet to learn how to carefully listen to these nothings During that season where nearly everything was nothing,God, and at that ti a variation of the tune which ca did I have to wait?
“Someone approached the candlelit hall The footsteps were much too normal for them to be called the footsteps of God The person’s form was also much too pitiable for it to be called the appearance of God Regardless, before the man had drawn closer to the candles, I still believed that he was God I sih to be cos Soon after, once I witnessed God extinguish the dying ember of a candle, replace the melted candle with a new one, and set the new candle ablaze, I came to a realization⎯⎯⎯that that wasn’t God”
He was just a normal attendant
He was simply a pitiable hu over the past with ht was quite dreary What I had seen was a norht duty, but what I had done was conjecture so more than what could be seen The candles did not resurrect They were merely replaced”
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“Since the candles were replaced every day, it is clear that there was someone who made those candles every day Since there was a person whocandles every day, it is also indisputable that there was another person who cultivated, harvested, and handed that candlemaker their food”
I was not aware that those subjects, those jobs were a major part of the crown land I have never seen the artisan whocandles I have never seen the farmers and I have never seen the blacks equipht beforecandlelight was clear and certain, the subjects that I couldn’t see with my eyes were also clear and certain
The people existed
Frohts in my eyes
People and people were just connected over flames and flames
I only learned what that clear and evidently burning candlelight was called later on
“Do you understand, Julia?”
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“On that day, I lost God and gained a nation”
I opened my eyes